Portrait of a woman

Found in 1803 in the portico of the Tempio Rotondo or in the Basilica.
Date: Trajanic - early-Hadrianic. H. 0.605, h. of the head 0.30.

The size of the portrait and the diadem suggest that we are looking at a member of the Imperial family, perhaps Matidia, the mother of Sabina (wife of Hadrian).

Inv. nr. 224. Lippold, Skulpturen III,1 nr. 585. SO V, nr. 93. Arachne 20424. Photo: Arachne.